A small, inconspicuous meteorite may be about to change our understanding of how and when our solar system formed. Tiny shavings from the meteorite Northwest Africa 12264 are challenging the long-held ...

Scientists believe the Milky Way contains up to 400 billion stars and at least as many planets. The largest galaxy known, IC 1101, has more than 100 trillion stars. Step outside on a clear night and ...

A fascinating glimpse into how a solar system like our own is born has been revealed with the detection of planet-forming ...

Planetariums were a hit with the public. Within decades, they had spread around the world – the first planetarium in the ...

How many dwarf planets are there in our solar system? The recent discovery of 2017 OF201 makes the tally anywhere between ...

A quiet, glowing gas cloud has been hiding in plain sight not far from Earth. For decades, astronomers have predicted that ...

Rocky bodies called protoplanets were thought to have formed slightly earlier in the inner solar system than those beyond the ...

An object dubbed 3I/ATLAS is only the third interloper from outside the Solar System seen in all of human history.

The Bluetick Coonhound, originating in the U.S., descends from French hunting hounds and English Foxhounds, bred for scent-tracking, endurance, and a loud bay.